Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

स्थावरं जंगमं चैव प्रभासे तु समागतम् । अन्ये चैव गणास्तत्र प्रभासे संव्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ caiva prabhāse tu samāgatam | anye caiva gaṇāstatra prabhāse saṃvyavasthitāḥ

Translation

ທີ່ປະພາສະ ທັງສິ່ງທີ່ຢູ່ນິ່ງ ແລະ ສິ່ງທີ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ໄດ້ມາຊຸມຊົນພ້ອມກັນ; ແລະ ຄະນະອື່ນໆ ອີກຫຼາຍ ກໍປະຈຳຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ໃນປະພາສະ.

Word by Word

• sthāvaram: the immobile (beings)
• sthāvaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; collective sense (स्थावरम् = स्थावरजातम्)

• jaṅgamam: the moving (beings)
• jaṅgamam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; collective sense (जङ्गमम् = जङ्गमजातम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• samāgatam: assembled / gathered
• samāgatam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे; ‘समागत’ = assembled/come together

• anye: other
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (गणाः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• gaṇāḥ: groups/hosts
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• saṃvyavasthitāḥ: are stationed / settled
• saṃvyavasthitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-vi-ava-√sthā (स्था धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि/स्थितिवाचक; ‘संव्यवस्थित’ = stationed/settled

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand gathering at Prabhāsa: pilgrims, sages, animals, birds, trees, and unseen gaṇas all oriented toward the sacred center, suggesting the whole cosmos assembled.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Sthāvara-jaṅgama (all beings)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha is envisioned as a universal sanctuary where all orders of life participate in sacred presence and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse amplifies the māhātmya by describing the all-encompassing sacred assembly.